[mythtv-users] Re: bt878, kernel 2.6.2, and nvidia binary

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:11:50AM -0700, David Bishop wrote:
> I've decided to do a 'test' setup of myth on my existing hardware, before 
> going out and spending the big bucks on a nice htpc.  That means using an old 
> Hauppauge WinTV card, bt878 based, and my existing geforce 440mx vid card.  I 
> also recently upgraded this machine to 2.6.2, and (after a little struggle) 
> am running the latest nvidia binary drivers.  I am still in the prep work (I 
> have yet to apt-get install the myth stuff), but want to make absoluetly sure 
> that everything is hunky dory outside of myth, thus restricting the possible 
> cause when I run into the inevitable problems (inevitable because that's the 
> way I am, not a knock on myth itself).  When I use mplayer, my vo is xv, and 
> everything works fine.  When I use xawtv (to test the bt878), if I use xv all 
> I get is a blue screen.  Using the -noxv switch makes everything work great, 
> except that 'full screen' isn't (it *is* bigger than the default, just not 
> full screen, more like 1/2 or 1/3).

Looks like you forgot the "v4l" module in /etc/X11/XF86Config. Just
make sure the Section "Module" contains a Load "v4l". See man v4l.

> So, my question is, how do I verify that xv is working (completely) on my 
> machine?  And, since the *main* purpose of my myth install will be to watch 
> divx and vcds, am I going to run into problems if I *don't* have xv support 
> (i.e., will some other method work as well)?  Sorry if I come across as 
> paranoid, I don't mean to be...

xv is the best method for nvidia cards, but mplayer can do a lot
more. Try mplayer -vo help to check the list.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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